disclaim 
L. dis- priv. + clamare, cry out, claim: see dis- 
and claim 1 .] I. trans. 1. To deny or relinquish 
all claim to; reject as not belonging to one's 
self; renounce: as, he disclaims any right to 
interfere in the affairs of his neighbor; he dis- 
claims all pretension to military skill. 
Here I disclaim all my paternal care. Shak., Lear, i. 1. 
Is it for us to disclaim the praise, so grateful, so just, 
which the two eminent gentlemen . . . have bestowed on 
our Bench and our law ? B. Choate, Addresses, p. 371. 
2. To deny responsibility for or approval of; 
disavow; disown; deny. 
He calls the gods to witness their offence, 
Disclaims the war, asserts his innocence. 
Dryden, JSneid. 
1648 
I shal disclaundre hym over al ther I speke. 
Chaucer, Summoner s Tale, 1. 504. 
discocarpium 
disclusion (dis-klo'zhon), n. [< LL. diselu- 
sio(n-), a separation, < L. discludere, pp. dis- 
dusus, separate, keep apart: see disclose, a.] 
A separation ; a throwing out. Dr. H. More. 
d (dis-kochf), a. [< dis- priv. + 
-ed 2 .] Dismounted from a coach. 
Madam, here is prince Lodwick, 
coach + 
[Rare.] 
On the contrary, 
ly disclaim any such desire. 
umner, Prison Discipline. 
3. To refuse to acknowledge; renounce; re- 
ject. 
Sir, if I do, mankind disclaim me ever ! 
B. Jonson, Every Man in his Humour, iii. 2. 
I disclaim him ; 
He has no part in me, nor in my blood. 
Beau, and FL, Little French Lawyer, iii. 1. 
You are my friends, however the world may disclaim 
your friendship. Goldsmith, Vicar, xxvi. 
He disclaims the authority of Jesus. 
Farmer, Demoniacs of the New Testament, ii. 
4. In law, to decline accepting, as an estate, 
interest, or office. 5. In Tier., to subject to a 
disclaimer; declare not to be entitled to bear 
the arms assumed. See disclaimer, 4. 
Il.t intrans. To disavow all claim, part, or 
share : with in. 
You cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee : a tailor 
made thee. Shak., Lear, ii. 2. 
The sourer sort 
Of shepherds now disclaim in all such sport. 
B. Jonson, Sad Shepherd, i. 2. 
disclaimer (dis-kla'mer), n. 1. A person who 
disclaims, disowns, or renounces. 2. The act 
of disclaiming; denial of pretensions or claims. 
I think the honour of our nation to be somewhat con- 
cerned in the disclaimer of the proceedings of this society. 
Burke, Rev. in France. 
3. In law : (a) Of a trust or estate : a refusal 
to accept ; a renunciation, as by one named ex- 
ecutor in a will. (6) A plea in equity, or an an- 
swer under the code practice, by a defendant, 
renouncing all claim upon or interest in the 
subject of the demand made by the plaintiff, 
and thus barring the action as against him. 
(c) An express or implied denial by a tenant 
that he holds an estate of his lord ; a denial of 
tenure, by plea or otherwise. 
The civil crime of disclaimer: as where a tenant neg- 
lected to render due services to his lord, and, on action 
brought to recover them, disclaimed to hold of his lord. 
L. A. Goodeve, Modern Law of Real Property, p. 22. 
(d) An instrument executed by a patentee 
abandoning a part of his claim of invention. 
By this means a patent may be saved which 
otherwise would be void because too compre- 
hensive. 4. In her. : (a) A proclamation or 
announcement made by English heralds, dur- 
ing their regular visitations, of such persons 
as were found claiming or using armorial bear- 
ings to which they had no right, (b) The rec- 
ord of such a proclamation. 
disclamation (dis-kla-ma'shon), n. [< ML. as 
if *disdamatio(n-), < disclamare, pp. disclamatus, 
disclaim: see disclaim.] The act of disclaim- 
ing; a disavowing; specifically, in Scots law, 
the act of a vassal disavowing or disclaiming a 
person as his superior, whether the person so 
disclaimed be the superior or not. 
The sayrte John Brenrte went to Matthn Chub, and dis- 
klandered the sayde John Matthu, for sertayne laugage. 
English Gilds (E. E. 1. S.), p. 323. 
disclanderoust (dis-klan'der-us), a. [< dis- 
dander + -ous.] Slanderous. Fabyan. 
discloakt (dis-klok'), v. t. [Formerly also dts- 
doke; < dis- priv. + cloak.] To uncloak; hence, 
to uncover ; expose. [Rare.] 
Now RO in discloak yourself, and come forth. 
B. Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, iii. 3. discoastt (dis-kosf), v. i. [< dis-priv. + coast.] 
3. disclose, disclos, < OF._ des- To quit the coast ; quit the neighborhood of 
any place or thing ; be separated ; depart. 
To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. 
Barrow, Sermons, I. xiv. 
As far as Heaven and earth discoasted lie. 
G. Fletcher, Christ's Triumph. 
Newly discoach 
Shirley, Grateful Servant, ii. 1. 
discloset, a. [ME. , 
clos, F. declos, pp. of desclore. desdorre, F. de- 
clare = Pr. desdaure = It. dischiudere, schiudere, 
unclose, open, < L. discludere, pp. disdusus, shut 
up separately, keep apart, part, open, unclose, 
< dis-, apart, + claudere, pp. clausus, close : see 
close*, close 2 .] Unclosed; open ; made public, discoblastic (dis-ko-blas'tik), a. [< Gr. 
And helde her in her chambre close, a disk, + /JAaoroY, a germ, + -ic.] Undergoing 
For drede it shulde be disclose. discoidal segmentation of the vitellus : applied 
Gower, Conf. Amant., I. 285. to thoge mero t,lastic eggs which thereby pro- 
disclose (dis-kloz'), v. ; pret. and pp. disclosed, ^^ a discogastrula in germinating. Haeckel. 
ppr. disclosing. [< ME. disclosen, desdosen, re- di sco blastula (dis-ko-blas'tu-la), n. ; pi. disco- 
veal, open,inform,< disclos, adj.. revealed, open, blastulw (_]). [NL.,'< Gr. <5JKOf, a disk, + blas- 
manifest: seedisdose, a., and of. close*, v.,asre- tuhl q v ] j n em iry O i. t the blastula-stage or 
lated to closet, a . ] I. trans. 1 . To uncover ; lay vehicular morula which results from the blastu- 
open ; remove a cover from and expose to view. j ation O f a discomorula in . a meroblastic egg 
Her shelles to disclose of discoidal segmentation. See these terms. 
And write upon the cornel hool outetake, Hatckel 
* "faOatUut. Husbondrie(E. E. T. S.), p. 56. discobole (dis'ko-bol), n. A fish of the group 
Now the morn disclosed her purple rays, Discoboli. 
The stars were fled ; for Lucifer had chased 
The stars away, and fled himself at last. 
Addison, tr. of Ovid . Metamorph., H. 
Ring and Book, II. 136. 
2. To cause to appear; allow to be seen; 
bring to light ; make known ; reveal, either by 
indication or by speech: as, events have dis- 
closed the designs of the government; to dis- 
close a plot. 
She that could think, and ne'er disclose her mind, 
See suitors following, and not look behind. 
Shak., Othello, ii. 1. 
How softly on the Spanish shores she plays, 
Disclosing rock, and slope, and forest brown! 
Byron. 
His purpose is disclosed only when it is accomplished. 
Macaulay, Machiavelli. 
3f. To open ; hatch. 
The ostrich layeth her eggs under sand, where the heat 
of the sun diicloseth them. Bacon. 
=Syn. 1. To unveil, unfold, discover. 2. To divulge, com- 
municate, confess, betray. 
II. intrans. To burst open, as a flower ; un- 
close. Thomson. 
discloset (dis-kloz'), n. [< disclose, v.] Dis- 
closure ; discovery. 
Glasses, that revelation to the sight: 
Have they not led us deep in the disclose 
Of fine-spun nature, exquisitely small, 
And, though demonstrated, still ill conceived? 
Young, Night Thoughts, ix. 
disclosed (dis-klozd'), p. a. [Pp. of disclose, v.] 
In her. : (a) Having the wings spread : said of 
a bird used as a bearing, especially of one not 
a bird of prey : the same as displayed, said of 
an eagle, (b) Open, but not widely spread, as 
if about to take flight. The term is differently 
explained by different heralds, and the delinea- 
tions are not exact Disclosed elevated, having 
the wings opened and raised so that the points are upper- 
most : said of a bird used as a bearing. 
discloser (dis-klo'zer), n. One who discloses 
or reveals. 
disclosive (dis-klo'ziv), a. [< disclose + -ive.] 
Tending to disclose or to be disclosed. [Rare.] 
Discoboli (dis-kob'o-li), n. pi. [NL., pi. of L. 
discobolus : see discobolus.] In zool. : (a) In 
Cuvier's system of classification, the third fam- 
ily of Malacopterygii subbrachiati, having the 
ventrals formed into a disk or sucker, as in the 
lump-fish, Cyclopterus lumpus. [Not in use.] 
(6) In Gunther's system, a family of Acanthop- 
terygii gobiiformes, having at most two anal 
spines, and ventral fins entirely modified into 
a perfect disk adherent to the body. It com- 
prises the Cyclopteridce, Liparididx, and Gobie- 
socidtf. 
discobolus (dis-kob'o-lus), TO.; pi. discoboli (-Ii). 
[L., < Gr. to-Ko[l6tof, '< Sianof, a discus, a disk, + 
', throw.] In classical aiitiq., athrowerof 
His answer was a shrug with his palms extended and a 
short disclamatory "Ah." 
G. W. Cable, Old Creole Days, p. 61. 
disclamet, . An obsolete form of disclaim. 
disclandert (dis-klan'd6r), n. [ME. desclandre, 
disclaundre, < AF. disclaunder, slander, scandal, 
with altered prefix, < OF. esclandre, earlier escan- 
dre, escandle, F. esclandre, < LL. scandalum, 
slander, scandal: see slander, scandal.] Slan- 
der; reproach; opprobrium; scandal. 
It moste be disclaundre to hire name. 
Chaucer, Troilus, iv. 564. 
Ichaue a neihjebor me neih, I haue anuysed him ofte, 
Ablamed him be-hynd his bak to bringe him in dwf- 
claundre. Piers Plowman (A), v. 75. 
disclandert (dis-klan'der), v. t. [< ME. dis- 
klanderen, desclandren, disclaundren, later de- 
slaunder (Palsgrave), slander; from the noun.] 
To slander; speak abusively of. 
disclosure (dis-klo'zur), n. [< disclose + -ure ; 
cf . closure. Cf . OF. "desdosture, F. deddture, dis- 
closure.] 1. The act of disclosing; a making 
known or revealing; discovery; exposure; ex- 
An unseasonable disclosure of flashes of wit may some- 
times do a man no other service than to direct his ad- 
versaries how they may do him a mischief. 
Boyle, Occasional Reflections, 3. 
2. That which is disclosed or made known : as, 
his disclosures were reduced to writing, 
discloudt (dis-kloud'), v. t. [< dis- priv. + 
cloud 1 .] To free from clouds ; free from what- 
ever obscures. 
The breath which the child lost had disclouded his in- 
darkened heart. Feltham, Resolves, i. 22. 
discloutt (dis-klouf ),v.t. [< dis- priv. + clou ft.] 
To divest of a clout or covering. 
Though must he buy his vainer hope with price, 
Disclvut his crownes, and thank him for advice. 
Bp. tlall, Satires, ii. 3, 
the discus ; one engaged in the exercise of throw- 
ing the discus; specifically [cap.], a famous 
ancient statue by Myron (fifth century B. c.), 
representing a man in the act of throwing a 
discus. 
Compare, for example, the other well-known type of a 
discobolus, who, as seen in two statues in Rome, stands 
with one foot drawn back in the act of beginning to col- 
lect his impulse for the throw. 
A. S. Murray, Greek Sculpture, I. 233. 
discocarp (dis'ko-karp), n. [< NL. discocar- 
pium, < Gr. <?('o-Kof, a disk, + xapxAs, fruit.] In 
bot. : (a) A fruit consisting of distinct acheues 
within a hollow receptacle, as in the rose. 
(6) In discomycetous fungi and gymnocarpous 
lichens, the fruit, consisting of a disk-like hy- 
menium, which bears the asci exposed while 
maturing: same as apothecium. 
discocarpium (dis-ko-kar'pi-um), n. ; pi. disco- 
carpia (-a). [NL. :'see discocarp.] Same as 
discocarp 
